Good pronunciation is essential to sounding like a native English speaker. Because words don’t always sound like they are spelled, it can be confusing to learn how to say them correctly. But don’t worry. There are rules to help you understand how to pronounce them. In this lesson, you will learn three different ways to pronounce the EX sound in English. Do you know the pronunciation difference between excellentexact? Watch this lesson, and find out.

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First of all, THanks for your greatest lessons! But i’ve question – why it is different between expand and expact? There are both way followed by consonant?

Monday, March 30th 2015

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Hi everybody, I have the same concern as Nyouta, if I read ‘Expand’ and ‘Expect’ and I do not find difference between them, both of them stress the second syllable and ‘Ex’ is followed by a consonant, so why the have different pronuntiation?

If you don’t mind could I ask a question
what does this sentence mean?
—-as it happens
if anybody answers it I will be happy

Tuesday, March 31st 2015

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Hello!
I found 2 meanings for “as it happens”
1. one meaning is “by chance” ” accidentally”, “coincidentally”
– “Do you have a pen?” “As it happens, I have one in my pocket”
2. Sometimes it is a short form for :” as soon as it happens”, with the meaning :”as soon as possible”, “immediately”
– you can find the score of the game on the internet as it happens

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